Im thinking of flashing to XWJM1, but I must confess, given that we thought we knew what the codes meant - ie A = Jan, etc, through to F for June and G for July, why the jump to M?
Does M represent a different kernel or anything?
This is Android Development Forum.. Dont spam.
So anyway...
The firmware code is split into individual sections:
i9000 - > model designation (GT-i9000).
XX - > region / network carrier designation (XX = open Market).
H - > release year (H = 2008).
H - > release month (H = August).
7 - > version number.
Region / language
BD = Cyprus, Greece
CP = Finland
DB = Vietnam
DC = Thailand
DD = India
DT = Australia
DX = Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam
DZ = Malaysia, Singapore
JA = South Africa
JC = Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia
JP = Arabic
JR = Arabic
JV = Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia,South Africa, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey
MT = Switzerland
XA = Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom
XB = Denmark, Norway, Sweden
XC = Portugal, Spain
XD = Croatia, Czech, Hungary, Slovakia
XE = Bulgaria, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine
XF = Bulgaria, Croatia, Romania
XX = Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom
ZC = China, Hong Kong
ZH = Hong Kong
ZT = Taiwan
Network carrier codes:
AE = SFR, France
AI = Tim, Italy
AM = Vodafone
AN = E-Plus, Germany
AO = O2
AS = KPN, Netherland
AU = Mobilkom, Austria
BB = Tmn, Portugal
BF = Optimus, Portugal
BG = Telefonica, Spain
BM = Swisscom, Switzerland
BN = Amena, Spain
BO = T-Mobile, Germany
BU = Vodafone
BV = Orange, Switzerland
BW = O2, United Kingdom
CD = Proximus, Belgium
CG = Telia Mobitel, Sweden
CH = SingTel, Singapore
CK = Tele2 Comviq, Sweden
CT = Tdc, Denmark
CU = One, Austria
CV = Telenor, Norway
DT = Optus, Australia
DV = Telstra, Australia
EF = Celcom, Malaysia
JB = Vodacom, South Africa
MD = Telia Sonera, Finland
MJ = Vodafone, Italy
MM = Tele Ring, Austria
MV = NetCom, Norway
NA = Nrj, France
NB = Tele2 Norway, Norway
NE = H3g Nordic, Sweden
NP = H3g, Italy
SS = Vodafone, Japan
Release years:
D = 2004
E = 2005
F = 2006
G = 2007
H = 2008
Release months:
A = January
B = February
C = March
D = April
E = May
F = June
G = July
H = August
I = September
J = October
K = November
L = December
Huh? Don't spam? You only have two posts and you haven't answered my question.
So, XWJM1 - Now take your lookup list and tell me what month "M" is. Tell me what market XW is.
Cheers
Simon
sjdean said:
Huh? Don't spam? You only have two posts and you haven't answered my question.
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dude I think what hes trying to say is that this is a DEVELOPMENT section. Questions like yours should be asked in the general section.
Ok, I sort of understand.
But I would just like to make the following comments.
Firstly the original question has still not been answered, and we've had two users on here now posting about how Im spamming without actually answering the question.
Secondly, I thought that a question about firmware, its origins and make up, was better placed in the Development section. Stupid me thinking someone might know something about firmware!
Thirdly, Im surprised that my post - which does at least talk about firmware, was singled out and labelled as spam when I see a bunch of other posts talking about Infinity Scroll, Google Maps and what Backup Software to use.
No doubt, my track record of forums, I'll probably now be shot down in flames for defending myself asking a firmware related question in a development forum.
sjdean said:
Ok, I sort of understand.
But I would just like to make the following comments.
Firstly the original question has still not been answered, and we've had two users on here now posting about how Im spamming without actually answering the question.
Secondly, I thought that a question about firmware, its origins and make up, was better placed in the Development section. Stupid me thinking someone might know something about firmware!
Thirdly, Im surprised that my post - which does at least talk about firmware, was singled out and labelled as spam when I see a bunch of other posts talking about Infinity Scroll, Google Maps and what Backup Software to use.
No doubt, my track record of forums, I'll probably now be shot down in flames for defending myself asking a firmware related question in a development forum.
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Can't answer the question matey, but the posts above are totally ridiculous, you asked a perfect valid question, which I feel is related to development, especially as all of the 'new' firmwares are based on these releases.
damianarnold said:
Can't answer the question matey, but the posts above are totally ridiculous, you asked a perfect valid question, which I feel is related to development, especially as all of the 'new' firmwares are based on these releases.
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+1
I suspect this is the particular forum I would have asked the same question had I thought of it.
The different naming convention of the "latest" firmware seems to have many people concerned about its actual source, as well as the lacking quality of some of the new stuff included, including deodexed.
I've got no opinion or knowledge of the naming or the proper location, but I found the topic tittle interesting enough to read the thread.
sjdean said:
Huh? Don't spam? You only have two posts and you haven't answered my question.
So, XWJM1 - Now take your lookup list and tell me what month "M" is. Tell me what market XW is.
Cheers
Simon
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Well I can for one tell you what XW means. Its a ROM for western Europe and supports German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Portugese, Turkish and possibly Polish.
I am at a loss as to what the M stands for. It doesn't fit into Samsungs naming at all which may indicate some kind of beta or internal test/nightly release. It is, however, running very smoothly for me and the GPS is a lot better.
I'm pretty sure that M1 and M2 builds are not from samsung, they are modded versions of latest G5 build
Thanks to those who at least tried to give some information.
I've read on Modaco something about this not being odexed in the usual way. The new ROM seems far too geeky for me, and the inclusion of those four images under the Samsung folder are exceptionally grainy and I can't believe Samsung would have included that.
The GPS issue however, Im still not convinced.
JG5 was an interesting thing. GPS did appear more stable, but at the same time, it appeared there was another layer of communication between the GPS and the software - eg MyTracks which seemed to be showing a bit of a buffering effect. It was like the true information wasn't being passed to the app.
In the few days I was testing, I noted that if your accuracy went out, the GPS still knew where you were, but was convinced you had to be 50m away, and would stick to that. It would then try to plot the path between your last known good position to where it thinks you should be before it could start then working to where you are now.
JM2 however is even stranger.
It appears to me that there may be two bits of information passed between the driver and the OS - the accuracy (5m, 10m etc) and the actual satellite numbers and signal strengths.
Booting MyTracks up for the first time, even before I get a lock, MyTracks reports a 5m accuracy from the program I had open before.
When a lock is then established, MyTracks will show more like 30m accuracy and put me 20m away.
Then I'll see things in GPS Test which shows an accuracy of 100ft with 6 satellites for example, but then show me at 16ft accuracy with 3 satellites. It's like something somewhere is always one step behind.
It's like there's some really bad buffering and dampening algorithm in place that just seems not to be working.
Whether this is causing the issues with me only seeing about 5 Satellites outside if Im lucky now, I don't know. I was a lot better on JF3, but the GPS just flaked out all the time. JG5 was stable, but it was reporting a lock when there was no satellites and MyTracks would be all over the place. JM2 isn't playing ball with me at the moment.
bajica said:
I'm pretty sure that M1 and M2 builds are not from samsung, they are modded versions of latest G5 build
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But if M1 and M2 are not Samsung builds, then this would surely throw up a big red wobbly warning about the legitimacy of Samsung-Firmwares.
They claim that their Firmwares are genuine, and from Samsung - perhaps just leaks. But they have links to the M1 and M2 builds. So if those aren't genuine, then how are we so sure that XXJF4+ is genuine?
interesting question
Good question, so if anybody finds an answer, please post it here.
sjdean said:
But if M1 and M2 are not Samsung builds, then this would surely throw up a big red wobbly warning about the legitimacy of Samsung-Firmwares.
They claim that their Firmwares are genuine, and from Samsung - perhaps just leaks. But they have links to the M1 and M2 builds. So if those aren't genuine, then how are we so sure that XXJF4+ is genuine?
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+1 I also wanna know what's the M stand for.
maybe they are just milestones between versions... who knows. they work and make my phone better, so i would kindly suggest you thank for the firmwares and the opportunity to install and test them and make your phone work faster and better and so on. you dont trust or like them, then dont get the fw's they post and wait for sammy to update officially. genuine or not ( even if i am positive about them being straight from samsung), i am sure that's the place where we will download the first froyo betas from
If u check G5 M1 and M2, they all have MODEM_I9000*****.tar file with size of 12.582.912 bytes, why rename same file with different name each time when there is no change only to make people think there is update, but there is none
I will stay away from M builds, but thats just my 0.2 HRK
balenax said:
maybe they are just milestones between versions... who knows. they work and make my phone better, so i would kindly suggest you thank for the firmwares and the opportunity to install and test them and make your phone work faster and better and so on. you dont trust or like them, then dont get the fw's they post and wait for sammy to update officially. genuine or not ( even if i am positive about them being straight from samsung), i am sure that's the place where we will download the first froyo betas from
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So if I throw up a link to a firmware and say it's a leak from Samsung official developers, but there are oddities about you, you wouldn't at least be CURIOUS as to where it's from and why the naming and some of the internals don't match Samsung official stuff?
Just curious. I'm maintaining my opinion that I don't know the validity of these particular file, but I am also curious why the naming is different. No one's reported problems with the file, so I'm not concerned, but it is different.
This is precisely the reason why I've skipped the JM builds entirely. I don't want to take a chance.
Builds are getting leaked faster than betas of Win7.
bajica said:
If u check G5 M1 and M2, they all have MODEM_I9000*****.tar file with size of 12.582.912 bytes, why rename same file with different name each time when there is no change only to make people think there is update, but there is none
I will stay away from M builds, but thats just my 0.2 HRK
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I have actually opened these files in UltraEdit and they are different internally. Just the same size.
sjdean said:
Ok, I sort of understand.
But I would just like to make the following comments.
Firstly the original question has still not been answered, and we've had two users on here now posting about how Im spamming without actually answering the question.
Secondly, I thought that a question about firmware, its origins and make up, was better placed in the Development section. Stupid me thinking someone might know something about firmware!
Thirdly, Im surprised that my post - which does at least talk about firmware, was singled out and labelled as spam when I see a bunch of other posts talking about Infinity Scroll, Google Maps and what Backup Software to use.
No doubt, my track record of forums, I'll probably now be shot down in flames for defending myself asking a firmware related question in a development forum.
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sjdean sorry fi have made you feel singled out and your right there are loads of threads that are more irrelevant to development than yours, however, from my understanding the development section should be about development i.e mods roms only everything else should be in general, however I have been known to be wrongc
sjdean said:
I have actually opened these files in UltraEdit and they are different internally. Just the same size.
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hi..
i am also not sure what is M stands for..but there is some addition of Samsung app ( Task Manager) + new of sweeping glass for unlocking.. i had installed it in and this Task Manager is quite pretty handy and have good bttry management..this is wat i can see until now..